MEANING & HISTORY
What does Praxedes mean?
The exact unaccented Praxedes entry treats it as a Late Roman name through Latin praxis and Greek praxis, action or exercise. The Real Academia Galega independently traces the corresponding name family through Latin Praxedes to Greek action.
This explains a historical name rather than predicting that a bearer must be enterprising; gender traditions may differ between languages.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
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Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
PRAXEDESCSV record 16,852 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Praxedes in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Praxedes
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Diomedes♂Of Zeus, with plans or counsel
- Mercedes♀Mercies; from Our Lady of Mercies
- Archimedes·Greek elements: master and counsel or plans
- Gertrudes♂Portuguese Gertrude: spear + strength
- Leonides·Leonidas form in the Greek lion-name tradition
- Lourdes♀From Lourdes, the French pilgrimage town
- Nicomedes·Greek victory and counsel formation
- Prangkoy♂Familiar form of Francis
What rhymes with Praxedes?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name — Praxedes (opens in a new tab)
Exact Late Roman name and Latin/Greek praxis relationship.
- Real Academia Galega — Práxedes (opens in a new tab)
Independent Latin Praxedes and Greek action-name account.